• Made Lewes NDP

The Lewes NDP is part of the Development Plan for the town as defined by the Neighbourhood Area designated on 08 May 2014.

The Lewes NDP can be viewed at the following location:

• South Downs Centre, North Street, Midhurst, West Sussex, GU29 9DH.

A referendum was held on the Lewes NDP on 07 March 2019. Further information on the referendum is available on the Lewes District Council website.

There was a 24.83% turnout, with the following results:

• Yes = 92% (2,993 votes)
• No = 8% (268 votes)

• Decision Notice

The SDNPA appointed Mr Andrew Ashcroft as the Independent Examiner of the Lewes Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP).

The Examiner requested further information during the Examination.  If you are looking for any historic information and documents – including the Examiner’s information requests and the local planning authority and qualifying body responses – then please email neighbourhood@southdowns.gov.uk.

The Examiner published their final report in December 2018.

• Examiner’s Final Report.

 In January 2019, an update to the Sustainability Appraisal (SA) was carried out on the Examiner’s recommended modifications to the Lewes NDP.  The update concluded that none of the modifications had resulted in any changes to the significant effects of the Lewes NDP.

• SA Non-Technical Summary
• SA Main Report
• SA Annex B – Review of Relevant plans and programmes
• SA Annex C – Baseline Data
• SA Annex D – Maps
• SA Annex E – Assessment of Site Options
• SA Annex F – Assessment of Neighbourhood Plan Policies

The SDNPA published the Submission Lewes NDP for consultation between 11 June and 23 July 2018.  Alongside the above, the SDNPA also carried out a focused consultation on the proposed Local Green Spaces (LGS) and Local Community Spaces (LCS) designations in the Plan.

The Submission Lewes NDP is available below.  If you are looking for any historic information, evidence base or submission documents, then please email neighbourhood@southdowns.gov.uk.

• Reg16 Lewes NDP
• Equalities Impact Assessment
• Sequential Test Report

Sustainability Appraisal (SA)

• SA Non-Technical Summary
• SA Main Report
• SA Annex B – Review of Relevant plans and programmes
• SA Annex C – Baseline Data
• SA Annex D – Maps
• SA Annex E – Assessment of Site Options
• SA Annex F – Assessment of Neighbourhood Plan Policies

Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA)

• HRA Screening Statement
• HRA Screening Statement (Sep 2018 Supplement).

The latter report provided a supplement to the HRA Screening Statement in light of the High Court Judgement – “The People Over Wind, Peter Sweetman v Coillte Teoranta” (Sweetman II Judgement) – issued in April 2018 by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).

• Designated Neighbourhood Area